Just a reminder to everyone planning to attend the Society for Historical
Archaeology Conference in Salt Lake City that there are still spaces on the
workshops scheduled for before and after the meeting.
 
SHA-organized workshops on Wednesday, January 6, 1999, include:
 
Half-day workshops by Priscilla Wegars on Chinese and Japanese Artifacts
($50), Jack Scott on Archaeological Illustration ($40), Karlis Karklins on
Beads ($50), and NEH and the SHA: How to Forge a Winning Relationship ($20).
 
There is a full-day workshop on Historic Landscapes presented by experts in
the field, including Barbara Wyatt (president, the Alliance for HIstoric
Landscape Preservation), Richard Cloues (Georgia State Historic Preservation
Office), Linda McClelland (NRHP), Todd Thibodeau (Wyoming State Historic
Preservation Office), Dave Ruppert (NPS), and Sherda WIlliams (NPS). Don't
miss this opportunity to learn about one of the most important current topics
in historic preservation! The cost is $175, which includes publications and
handouts.
 
Sign up for any of these workshops by visiting the SHA website
(http://www.sha.org). You can even sign up directly through the website by
using the new secure server function, or you can call the SHA Business Office
at 520.886.8006. The deadline for signing up is now Friday, December 4. Even
after that date you can call to see if there are still places available on a
particular workshop!
 
Two other workshops are also being offered in conjunction with the SHA
meeting.
 
Industrial Archaeology, by Dr. Donald Hardesty, is a new offering of the
Heritage Resources Management program of the Division of Continuing Education
of the University of Nevada Reno. This full-day workshop on  Wednesday,
January 6, 1999, will be an introduction to the archaeological study of
industrial technologies, industrial households and communities, and industrial
landscapes. Cost is $185. Registration deadline in December 9, 1998. For more
information, or to enroll, call 800.233.8928 (website is www.dce.unr.edu/hrm/)
 
Federal Cultural Resource Law and the Historical Archaeologist, by Thomas F.
King, will be held on Monday and Tuesday January 11 and 12. This workshop is
sponsored by the National Preservation Institute, and costs $325 (regular sign
up) and $150 (students with valid ID). Participants will explore issues of
compliance coordination for the NHPA, NAGPRA, NEPA, Federal Records Act, and
various Executive Orders, etc. For more information or to enroll, call
703.765.0100 (website is www.npi.org). Registrations are accepted on a first-
come, first-served basis.
 
DON'T MISS THESE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION!!!!